Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is a complex process involving the person seeking care and their relatives. MAiD involves physical, psychosocial spiritual needs, consequently involvement of an interdisciplinary team beneficial. Therefore, updating knowledge skills healthcare social services professionals critical. An from Laval University (Quebec, Canada) has developed continuous training pr...

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is the most widely used instrument to assess self-esteem. In light of the absence of adaptations in Colombia, this study seeks to validate and adapt this scale in the Colombian population, and perform factorial equivalence with the Spanish version. A total of 1,139 seniors (633 Colombians and 506 Spaniards) were evaluated; the individuals answered the Rosenberg S...

A cute pain is a common presenting symptom in the pediatric emergency department (ED). This adverse stimulus occurs as a result of injury and illness. If a child’s pain is not treated quickly and effectively, it can have long-term physical and psychological sequelae [1–3]. These long-term consequences may include anticipatory anxiety during future procedures, a lowering of the pain threshold an...

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of self-reports of sexual behaviours is vital to the evaluation of HIV prevention and family planning interventions. This investigation was to determine the cross-cultural suitability of the Condom Use Self Efficacy Scale (CUSES) originally developed for American adolescents and young adults by examining the structure and psychometric properties. METHOD A self-a...

OBJECTIVES The study investigated self-efficacy as a possible mediator of the relationship between the social support and depressive symptoms of primarily informal caregivers, mainly family members, of patients with dementia in Hong Kong. METHOD One hundred and thirty-four caregivers were interviewed. Path analyses were conducted using a self-efficacy scale that consists of three subscales as...